How to Install an Aluminium Fence
Aluminum fences provide nice protection to your property. There should be many types of designs to choose from as well as a variety of colors. This project could take a while depending upon how much fencing you decide to put up.
Things You'll Need:
- Stakes
- Tape Measure
- Spray Paint
- Shovel
- Pencil
- Paper
- Concrete
- Wheel Barrel
- Water
- Level
- Put stakes around your lawn where you want the fence posts to go. Use a tape measure to ensure accuracy. You might even want to spray paint the ground where the stake is just in case it accidentally gets knocked over.
- Write down the dimensions of the fence so you know how much material to buy.
- Purchase your fence at a local home improvement store. You'll probably have to order the fence and have it delivered to your house. There should be a representative at the store who can show you sample pieces of aluminum fencing to help you decide.
- Dig the fence posts with a shovel about two feet deep. Also make sure the hole is about two feet wide. Set each fence post in the hole and put concrete around it. You should be able to easily mix the concrete with water in a wheel barrel. Use a level to make sure each fence posts is standing straight. Allow one day for the concrete to settle before continuing the project.
- Install the rest of the fence with the nuts and bolts it came with. This should be the easy part and just be a matter of time until you've finished. Installing the rest of the fence should just be like putting a puzzle together.